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Delivered by Thomas Nash, Berlin, 11 September 2014 Imagining a ban on nuclear weapons It seems to me that a treaty banning nuclear weapons is inevitable. It will have to happen eventually, so we might as well do it now.... Read more

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A treaty banning nuclear weapons

April 28, 2014 Comments are off

Ahead of the 2014 NPT Preparatory Committee, Article 36 and Reaching Critical Will have published a joint report entitled “A treaty banning nuclear weapons“. The paper explores the development of a legal framework for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. Despite... Read more

Paving the way for an international ban on nuclear weapons

On 4-5 March 2013, Norway hosted the first-ever governmental conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. The conference saw widespread participation and engagement from 127 states, as well as international organisations, civil society participating under the banner of ICAN,... Read more

Historic movement begins towards ban on nuclear weapons Featured

UK boycotts meeting (Oslo, 5 March) 127 states have taken part in the first-ever conference on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, and will meet again in Mexico to take the next step in this initiative to address the catastrophic... Read more